Every socialist regime in history has targeted the church for destruction. During Joe Biden’s reign of COVID terror, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul did her part by shuttering churches and forcing Christians out of business and out of work.

Hochul’s rules were clear — reject your Christian faith or lose your right to work in her state. Thousands of New Yorkers lost their jobs, their livelihoods, and their professional licenses because they refused to bow to the socialist anti-Christian demands.

Liberty Counsel is fighting back, and tomorrow is a VERY big day for this case. It has been five years since Hochul embarked on her outrageous anti-Christian crusade, but our case, Does v. Hochul, is making headway at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court requested the U.S. solicitor general’s office to review this case and file a brief setting forth the position of the United States. If the SG’s brief requests Court to review our case regarding the NY vax mandate for health care workers, it is almost certain the Court will take the case, and we will present oral arguments this fall.

We meet with the Solicitor General’s office TOMORROW.

For 50 years, Pinecrest Home for Adults, a faith-centered nursing home, provided round-the-clock skilled care in a Christian mission-driven environment. Residents and staff chose that setting because of its Christian mission — serving, worshipping, and living as a community.

But when NY Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the facility to abandon the religious conviction of its employees or face daily fines, threatening loss of its business license and closure, the good people at Pinecrest stood firm within the bounds of federal protections for religious accommodation.

The result was devastating: The nursing home was forced to close. Families scrambled to relocate their loved ones — many in memory care — creating disruption and trauma. Skilled caregivers lost their jobs and deep personal connections with the patients they loved. The policy allowed medical exemptions but barred religious exemptions, despite federal law requiring religious accommodation.

Another plaintiff in the case — who worked remotely for 10 years and with a religious exemption — had that exemption abruptly revoked and was terminated.

The fallout is real, immediate, and ongoing.

This isn’t only about one facility or one season.

It’s about whether socialist-minded state actors can void federal protections in order to compel citizens to violate their Christian faith.

Where the case stands

On Thursday, our legal team will meet with the solicitor general’s office. Gov. Hochul’s team will also have the opportunity to meet with them as well. If the solicitor general’s office files a brief supporting review, the High Court will almost certainly take up the case, and I will once again be presenting oral arguments defending religious freedom at the highest court in our land.

Once granted, the case moves quickly into briefing and oral-argument preparation, requiring expert analysis, writing, and rapid mobilization.

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